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[Android Head-Units] lineyho:
Anyone could consider driving down to one of local stereo installers in your are and see if they have extra trim covers layer around. I did not need mine for the install and I would imagine that installers do not always use the trim pieces. My HU was also too tall, but I ended up shaving a little off the lower edge of the dash kit with a dremel tool and it fit perfect. No face plate needed.
[Android Head-Units] Hoodie11:
Sooooo got my linux compatible dongle. still the same thing connects to the phone and then nothing. Rooted my phone tried Barnacle tethering and when it creates ad-hoc signal the unit doesnt even pick up the phone being a hot spot even though it says so... standard hotspot connects but still doesnt tranmit anyyyyy data. idk i borderline give up on this razr m being of use for anything anymore....
[Android Head-Units] artash44:
Custom Trim

You might find something at : http://www.jycustomusa.com/

This is where I found a custom body molding for my 2012 Elantra.

I got cables and mounting bracket from www.installer.com
[Android Head-Units] kirill.lrnv:
Sounds like some wires are connected wrong. Or you have to isolate the wires, that you did not use(they might ground to some metal parts behind the dash).
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
3G confirmed working.

I bought a pre-owned Huawei E1750 stick.

Using the APN Manager Pro from playstore to create APN setting.

Off my engine and restarted and 3G now working.

My device is not rooted yet.
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
what service are you using? did you call your cell company to add the dongle or did you just use your phones apn?
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
I from Singapore so the cell service might not apply to you.

Just plug and play will do, using the APN inside my phone.

Perhaps, you can Google to find out the APN from your cell company.
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
ok im tryin to search through this thread the best I can but im not haven a ton of luck.can we start a sub thread with a list of all of the known working dongles?I think we really need to get organized! !!

can just any usb or bluetooth obd2 work or only certain ones?

I know the bluetooth dongle needs to be linux compatible but most places dont say anything about linix.also do we need to be rooted IN ORDER to use Any bluetooth dongle?

is any NON POWERD usb hubs working or do we need to get powerd ones?

what about 3g dongles?

for me theres alot of questions about these add-ons and I dont wanna waste money on a product that isnt going to work and im sure more ppl are in the same boat!!

Thanks!
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
I agree with you, i be testing a non-powered 4 ports USB hub with few thumbdrive or even HDD plugged in .

Will deliver the outcome...
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
definitely let us know.if we do need powerd hubs I found some step down converters on ebay for $5.so alittle wire splicing of the wall plug in and we sould be able to have a powerd hub no problem.
[Android Head-Units] urgodfather:
I agree! I don't even think the OP has posted in quite some time. I was thinking about making that same suggestion.

USB is confirmed working but is wonky and requires modifications to Torque to make it work. BT is straight forward. Just buy the 12$ (USD) ELM 327 BT OBD2 dongle. It's blue.

It needs to be linux compatible. I work at a computer shop and tried every BT dongle I sell here in the store. None were 100% linux compatible, some required proprietary drivers. None worked. Go back about 150 posts and you will see the right one to get off of Amazon.

Non-powered works just fine. That's what most of us use. However, if you're going to connect a lot of devices to it.. (multiple flash drives, etc.) you might run into low power issue.

The Huawei model listed above is confirmed working. They make most gsm devices anyways.

It may actually be the phone. As I mentioned before, VZW makes Moto lock down their phones pretty hard. Have you considered rooting and using a custom rom on the phone?
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
Working

I plugged in a non-powered 4 ports USB hub and attached the following devices to it.

a) 16GB thumbdrive

b) 1 keyboard

c) 1 mouse

d) Huawei E1750 3G dongle.

all working fine for me so far....
[Android Head-Units] urgodfather:
What keyboard is that? Also, why do you need a mouse?
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
It a riitek keyboard , meant for my Android TV. As for the mouse, it for testing purpose, it serve no real usage here :)
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
ok well gettin a non powerd hub makes things a bit easier and cheaper, Thanks.

now on the bluetooth dongle.my deck isnt rooted yet and I have an old dongle (that most likely isnt compatible id guess.got it at walmart 6-8yrs ago) but I inserted it and the dongle lit up, but I didnt see any change on the unit and im not sure if its cause the dongle isn't compatible or because im not rooted yet! !
[Android Head-Units] Pop45398:
Well, I think I'm giving up on this unit and returning it. Bluetooth and wifi are erratic and now paint is coming off the back button after 2 weeks of minimal use.
[Android Head-Units] urgodfather:
The unit needs to be rooted. Hal9k_ actually incorporated usb BT dongle support along with ad-hoc wi-fi support and a few other tweaks. Besides, you will get faster boot time... provided that you don't install a whole bunch of apps. The light is just showing that it has power.
[Android Head-Units] G2k0:
I asked this question a few posts ago about the ad-hoc wifi. Do adhoc wifi's appear or is there another step involved? I'm trying to see if I can add my ELM327 wifi version but when I got to wireless networks, I dont see it. Am I missing something?
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
this is the bluetooth dongle i have now...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139019

do you think after im rooted it will work or should i just buy this one?

http://www.amazon.com/PPA-Intl-USB-Bluetooth-Dongle/dp/B00305YGFW

and does the image verif capacha ever stop? i just went through 10 of them to post this..GEZZZZ
[Android Head-Units] urgodfather:
ad-hoc should work now. as for the ELM327, I have a BT version.. WiFi has a higher latency time i.e. more laggy.

I doubt it. The only way to know for sure is to buy it. The one I bought off of Amazon was like 6$ (USD) and had free shipping (my boss has Amazon Prime).
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
can I get a link to yours if you dont mind? the one a linked is like $13 plus shippin I think.
[Android Head-Units] G2k0:
Thanks bro. Dont care much about the lag (after all its not like im gonna be drifting anytime soon). To be honest, I've used it with other devices & apps, didnt see any noticeable issues. My problem at the moment is that its not picking it up. Wont even show up on the list (which I'm finding a bit odd)
[Android Head-Units] urgodfather:
Can you view it with your phone? Also, are you connected to a network?

OBD: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0090ZJPMK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p236_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=07SRYMMGTXENYS0CV1CQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

BT: http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-2-4GH...th+usb+adapter

I bought my OBD2 from a different supplier so that I could get Prime.
[Android Head-Units] Doggtagg:
Bluetooth Adaptor

I ordered this one (ebay.com/itm/USB-BLUETOOTH-DONGLE-VER-2-BLUE-TOOTH-WIRELESS-ADAPTER-Free-Shipping-/261181792979?pt=US_USB_Bluetooth_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item3ccfa5e2d3) today. It says in it's discription that it supports android.
[Android Head-Units] G2k0:
Yeah my phone & android tablet pick it up no problem. Normally yes, I am connected to a network but what I find strange is the fact I dont see it in the list of available networks. Should be showing up as a CLKDevices
[Android Head-Units] Hoodie11:
so im guessing you need a sim card for the 3g dongle? or no?

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i tried with CM10 and same results :(
[Android Head-Units] artash44:
Speakers

Does anyone what watt speakers this unit will power. I bought some Kicker 11KS65 for my rear speakers but I installed one and checked it and I got literally zero sound from the speaker. I checked polarity and contact but I don't see an issue. I am afraid the HU is not even able to budge the speaker with that big magnet. The specs for HU say 45 watts x 4. Any ideas?

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/190252719681?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
[Android Head-Units] SPBoss:
Its probably overrated, more like 15-20rms at the most.

Maybe wires are too thin? Check with a crap 1watt speaker see if it works lol

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Android Head-Units] erkme73:
I can't seem to get anyone to confirm that they're having Gmail sync automtically. Oh well.. Maybe I'll have better luck with the next question...

When I turn on my radio, after boot up, it always goes to whichever stock app (i.e. radio, dvd, etc) was last open. I cannot get it to just open to the home screen - or to the actual app that was last open (i.e. Pandora, etc). However, it seems that if I manually turn the radio off by pressing/holding the power button, it'll come back up to the home screen. If I power it down (by removing the key), it will revert back to the radio upon startup.

Is this normal behavior, or do I have the constant and accessory crossed? I'm not losing the clock/date, so I don't think that's the case. Is everyone else experiencing the same?
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
I answer you :D

My Gmail is updated the first time I connected the unit to the internet. Gmail has jumped After repeatedly telling me I have new emails. I usually do not use Gmail and I have not received emails for 3 days. But I if I can say that my Gmail works well and I only have logged in playstore.

Regarding the second question, my unit always starts with the last application of the system like yours.

you can make home screen appears only if you tap and hold down the back button while you listen to music or using the radio, dvd, gps or third party applications. When you tap and hold down the back button, then you close all your applications whether or not system. then after you turn off your car and drive it off .... when the power comes back on, only the home screen appear.

It's the only way I've been able to do.

I think the unit automatically start with a third party application is not possible.

I honestly do not understand why you are unhappy that the music automatically starts where it was before power off.

I previously had a unit like the Ca-FI and the music never automatically started and I did not like anything.

I think it's more comfortable to start automatically at the point where it was before power off. So you can drive and automatically start the music playing.
[Android Head-Units] ahdoublexl:
I myself hate the fact that the last app opens. So much so that I deleted the music app from the unit completely. I am experimenting with changing the radio app so it can't autostart.
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
So, I thought that after upgrading to the custom Firmware this issue will be resolved but it hasn't.

For some reason the wi-fi picks up all the routers in my neighborhood, but it won't see my iphone tether conection.

What a bummer !!

I can see my iphone on my laptop and on my ipad, but the radio wont see it.

Any ideas ??
[Android Head-Units] erkme73:
Thanks for the reply! Having the FM radio come on is not the end of the world. It's just where I live, terrestrial radio is about 80% commercials. Very annoying - especially once you've become accustomed to Pandora-like apps.

Thanks for confirming that your Gmail works initially. If I send mail from the Gmail app, it will simultaneously check for new mail and alert. But unless I click refresh (or send mail), I will have no new mail show up automatically. I suspect yours is the same, but since you don't use it, you're not aware of it.

Can you also confirm whether you're able to log into your YouTube account from within YouTube?
[Android Head-Units] kirill.lrnv:
I`ve had same issue, after simplifying my iphone`s hotspot name: no symbols and upper case letters, it connected smoothly.
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
Yup. I used a sim card for the 3g dongle.

Working fine so far....
[Android Head-Units] artash44:
Lose Cable connector on back of HU

I pulled my head unit out and the cable connector for the speakers came loose and fell off. I snapped the speaker cable connector back into its connector on back of HU and now all speakers sound fantastic. I think I will replace the speakers in the front doors next. The bass made me think I dropped my engine block.
[Android Head-Units] ewilson:
I notice that the HU will only play Video out through the TV headrest only with a DVD and not when you are playing video through the SD card or USB Flash drive. Does anybody know how to get the HU to play video so my headrest with TVs can show the video. I do not play DVDs as all my video files are on SD card. This would help out a lot.
[Android Head-Units] 949BFN:
I agree that this is a much needed change.
[Android Head-Units] mister7000:
I just finished installing my radio. Wating for my flip down tv to arrive in the mail. Before I ordered I asked seller about having navigation on the HU while playing video on the external screen. He assured me I will be able to do it. I guess he forgot to mention only able to do thru DVD. This is really a bummer as I too have tons of kids movies on my HDD. Theres got to be a way to fix this.
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
Anybody attempted to install Tasker apps??

I met with this problem.

*application not installed*
[Android Head-Units] G2k0:
ELM327 WiFi (not seeing Adhoc networks)

Hello Hal9k. I've posted this a few times, dont know if anyone else has tried this. I am trying to connect to my ELM327 wifi but I cannot see it in the list of wireless networks. Is there something I need to do? I've since re-installed the firmware by doing a factory reset and re-installing. Still cannot detect it. Sorry for the double post but its driving me nuts! Thanks again for the amazing work! :)
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
I confirm that I am not able to log into the youtube app. I have not tried this on the youtube website.
[Android Head-Units] kirill.lrnv:
Try going to the extra settings, type password:123456, you will be able to change video output from there.
[Android Head-Units] swiftmike99:
I have the same problem with maybe 50% of apps i want to install. And angry birds says insufficient space even though I deleted Sygic and now have 3.5 Gd free.
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
I have the mentioned problem "insufficient space"..before in my Android TV stick.

I remembered I installed an apps to clear some cache or something like that, perhaps you can give it a try...

Alternatively, I did a search in the forums and hope this may help you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908711

As for my problem, it kinda of isolated case ...which I am still trying to solve.... :eek:
[Android Head-Units] greekstile:
Which setting specifically? I have used that menu many times and don't see a setting related to video output.

Thanks!
[Android Head-Units] ewilson:
That will not work. I asked the seller they wrote back that you can only play DVD that will send it through the head rest. So knowing and being an android fan it is possible just rooting and fixing the kernel. Now that part I am not able to do.
[Android Head-Units] ragequit.exe:
I received my unit on Friday; it was shipped from china on Monday night.

Some things I noticed:

Required some grinding work to fit the opening on my 2005 Subaru STI.

My unit came with 2.3.7 and a boot time of about 20 seconds. I was able to root it with no trouble.

Backup camera works almost immediately on power up.

My display dims automatically when I turn on the lights (it was mentioned elsewhere that it does not). The brightness slider in display settings seems to set the 'dimmed' brightness only.

Annoyances:

I purchased the $6 USB Bluetooth adapter recommended earlier in the thread from Amazon, but it appears not to work with my car's OBD2 adapter. My phone and my laptop can both pair with the car and read from the ECU, so it appears to be the USB adapter on the head unit. Quick Bluetooth Lite shows about 7 devices that I've never seen before as 'paired, not connected' so I wonder if this is the ghost devices bug mentioned by Hal9K in his earlier posts.

I hate that the panel controls don't control any third party media player. From reading the thread, I understood it was just steering wheel controls that didn't work for third party apps.
[Android Head-Units] Cool82:
I I can confirm that my Gmail is updated and jumps a notification at the time that my unit has connection. The other day I borre'todos my emails gmail account. Today I have received a new mail and when I've started my unit has alerted me that I had a new email in the notification bar.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1901143&stc=1&d=1366582685
[Android Head-Units] treetrekker:
cp210x kernel module

Is there a cp210x kernel module that will work for this unit? I have a OBD2 USB adapter that uses this.
[Android Head-Units] kirill.lrnv:
I have not connected any other displays to the unit, it was just a suggestion... So, you can confirm, that it does not display any android played videos on connected display?!
[Android Head-Units] ewilson:
Your display out will only work with playing a DVD, Playing video files from USB/SD card will not output to the Headrest/overhead monitors. I asked the seller they said this will only work with DVD option. There are no settings in the menu to make this work. So to get this to work a dev. will have to fix the kernel and add it to the ROM like they got Bluetooth adaptors work. So until then, Make a DATA DVD with your video files and burn them on DVDRW so you can reuse the DVD disc.
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
ive had a few things like this happen with mine and I think its a market issue not the app being installed.ive even had market working great one min and for no reason start sayin no internet connection forcing me to reset the unit.

try backin out of market even shutin market down and restarting market to see if you have any luck.since my reset my market has worked perty good tho. still get a not enough space or unable to install and I just back out and reopen..
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
I could be dead wrong as I havent played around with those buttons much but I think you can set the panel buttons to do whatever you like.i know I changed the stock nav button to launch a non default nav program.its in extra settings and the passcode 123456.
[Android Head-Units] Pop45398:
Unfortunately there is only a short list of available options to choose from for button assignment, and none of my 3rd party apps appear in it..
[Android Head-Units] ragequit.exe:
Yeah, I looked through all those options as well. The problem is that the track forward/backward keys don't actually skip tracks unless you're using the built in music player, which, of course, is god awful.

Ideally, I'd like to have the navigation screen up all the time, using the hard keys to skip tracks in the background, which works with the stock player, but not power amp, pandora, doubletwist, or anything else. This results in having to look at the unit, switch tasks to the media player, find the part of the touch screen to skip the track, and switching back to the nav app. Not the safest idea.
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
has anyone found a replacement for the system eq yet? I was lookong at the Ca-fi unit and it seems to have a nice eq bit I cant find a download anywhere and all the eqs in the market ive tried havent worked.
[Android Head-Units] alejo:
Check that you have not installed any new apps that might take over the sound output. This has happened to me with IMO Messenger, I uninstalled it and everything went back to normal. It seems that some apps do not play well with the stereo's audio output.
[Android Head-Units] tsench:
which file did ya load in your dvd be able to play them i tried mkv and mp4 can't see any file on the stereo
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
maybe we can do something with this.idk im not rooted yet.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850464
[Android Head-Units] ragequit.exe:
Good thought, but it appears that the head unit doesn't register actual android button presses when you press the FF/REW keys. I used the keymap checker app from that thread and it registers home, menu, and back keys but no media controls.
[Android Head-Units] jbmaciel:
Hi, I've been following this thread and I didn't see yet any comments about the audio quality. Could someone write me something about it?

Thanks a lot.

Joselito.

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I was wondering, don't these android units work like cellphone? I mean, there's no stand by mode? Do we need turn it off everytime?

Thanks a lot.

Joselito.
[Android Head-Units] SWEUP:
Ok big issue now. Suddenly sound from youtube or winamp dont play, only radio and TV switch over. Any suggestion how to solve? Have tried to turn off engine and removed key. Force stop on TV app didnt solved it either.

Check that you have not installed any new apps that might take over the sound output. This has happened to me with IMO Messenger, I uninstalled it and everything went back to normal. It seems that some apps do not play well with the stereo's audio output.

Yeah i was suspecting this. I installed MX player before this issue, will try to uninstall next time. Thx
[Android Head-Units] ransoma22:
1) Use a ball point pen to press on the RESET button found in front of panel, see if it helps

2) If option 1 fail, perhaps u can backtrack of what you had installed and try again...

;)
[Android Head-Units] SWEUP:
Yeah thx, I did a factory reset after the problem appeared and after that the issue hasn't resurface (and I haven't installed MX player anymore).
[Android Head-Units] Talclipse:
the audio quality is very subject to your own ears and your speakers.to me my last setup a few yrs ago had a pioneer double din dvd head unit and fosgate mids and sounded like complete garbage and I know it was because of the head unit. the sound was just off.

with this head unit I have oldschool green kappas and ref 6x9s and outside of gettin a good eq to tweak I think it sounds amazing.now idk about the head units bulit in amp as im using separate amps.

as for working like a cell phone not really.they share the same basic software, but much of the stuff needed for it to work like a cell has been removed.its a great unit that does have some wrinkles that could be ironed out by the right developer..
[Android Head-Units] ahdoublexl:
My plan is to install a three way toggle switch. With the switch in the middle the headunit will be off, with it one way it will supply constant 12v (this I will use for short drives where I won't want the headunit to turn off), the other way will be normal "acc" operation (turning on and off with the vehicle). This is the only method I can think of to resolve the booting every time you turn the vehicle on and off.